Churn



(NovModeh) J.v C. KEARNS.

CHURN.

No. 397,921. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

NTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN C. KEARN S, OF MAITLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,921, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed October 20, 1888. Serial No. 288,619. (No model.) Y

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. KEAnNs, of Maitland, in the county of Mifflin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vChur-ns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in churns.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive churn which shall violentlyT agitate the cream and cause the same to be subjected to a heavy concussion at each half-revolution of the dasher, whereby the operation of churning can be more expeditiously performed with very little labor and effort.

lVith these ends in view my invention consists of the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved churn with the cover thereof removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line .r ,r of Fig. l, with the cover in place on the churnbody; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse seetional view on the line y y of Fig.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the body 01 receptacle of a churn embodying' my invention. This body A is made rectangular in form, and longitudinally within the body is arranged an imperforatc flat dasher, B. This dasher corresponds nearly in width to the transverse diameter or width of the body, so that when the dasher is rotated on its longitudinal axis very small spaces are left between the vertical sides of the body and the edges of the dasher when the latter is in a horizontal position, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. The dasher is journaled below the prevent the cream from escaping through a vent, hereinafter fully described, which is provided in said top.

. To one end of the horizontal dasher is fixed a trunnion, C, which is journaled in a bearing, C', fixed to one of the vertical walls of the body at a point below the horizontal center of the body, and this trunnion is provided with a flange or collar, c, which is loca-ted between the bearing and the end of the dasher to prevent the latter from endwise movement and from coming in contact with the end wall of the body. To the opposite end of the dasher is iXed a flat plate, D, which has a horizontal shaft, E, made integral therewith, said shaft passing through a bearing, e, that extends through one end wall of the body and is arranged in line with the other bearing, C', at the opposite end of the body. To the eX- treme free end of the shaft Eis iixed a crank or handle, F, by which the dasher iBan be rotated, and on the shaft, at a point where it lits in the bearing, is a collar or flange, e, by which the dasher is prevented from moving or displacement end wise Vin the body, as is obvious.

A groove or recess, g, is iliade in the upper edges of the vertical walls of the body, in which is removably seated a cover or lid, G. This lid is provided with a central knob or handle, by which it can be readily removed,

and tl'irough the knob is formed a passage or vent, H, which ext-ends through the lid and opens into the chamber of the body, a concavity, 7i., being made in the upper end of the knob to enable either hot or cold water to bc readily introduced through 'the knob and vent into the churn-body.

In operation the body is iilled nearly halffull, the lid replaced and securely forced in place, and the crank is rotated to turn the dasher on its axis. As the dasher rotates, one edge thereof sweeps close to the bottom of the body and lifts nearly the entire mass of cream to the upper side of the body as the dasher assumes a horizontal position, so that as the dasher is rapidly rotated the cream is violently forced from one side of the body to the other and subjected to ahea-vy concussion at each corner or angle of the body.

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Having thus fully described my invention,

Vthebeoring C', and :mother flan] plate, l), Iixed to the opposite end of said dasher and having' an ntegra-l sl1zLIt,E,whieh passes through-the i 5 bearing e, all arranged mid combined for service as described.

,ln testimony whereof l nfllix iny signznin re in presence oi' two witnesses.

JOHN (l. KEARNS. 

